ICYMI: Flames legend Mike Vernon elected to Hockey Hall of Fame
Vernon will forever be a hero in Calgary, the homegrown goaltender who backstopped the Flames to a Stanley Cup parade in 1989.
As McDonald pointed out, he easily could have been a two-time playoff MVP. If not for several clutch saves from Vernon, the 1989 Flames may not have survived an opening-round scare from the Vancouver Canucks. That series was decided in sudden-death overtime in Game 7. Back before he was starring for the junior-level Calgary Canucks or Calgary Wranglers, before he was drafted by the Flames or before he’d collected any of his 462 victories in the NHL spotlight, a combined count that includes both regular-season and playoff triumphs.
“It is an emotional time for me. It might be a long time coming, but it’s still worth it,” Vernon said. “It’s unbelievable. My phone has been lighting up with texts. I guess it comes back to family. My mother was my first hockey coach, and we were a hockey family. Hockey was instilled in me at a very young age. I had older brothers that used to shoot pucks on me, so I was obviously the guy that was stuck in net.
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